It seems there is a fly in the ointment since the last update to Chromecast.

When working properly, Chromecasts use CEC, which is an older protocol used to relay basic commands to your television via HDMI. ” target=”_blank”>In our previous article, you can see how that worked to allow users to say something like “Play Peppa Pig on the Big TV” and get an automatic response from the television in the form of powering on, switching to the Chromecast input, and beginning playback.

It is a neat trick we use often at our house.

And, for us, this has not ceased to work. It seems that when Google updated the Chromecast to version 1.23, this was a pretty widespread issue. Though they released an update in the form of update 1.23.84839, the issue is still persisting for some users.

While not the most pressing issue in the world, many people use CEC more than they know. Even with the TV on, being able to simply hit the cast button and have your TV move to the proper input is a great convenience. Here’s hoping a fix comes swiftly.

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Tech junkie. Musician. Web Developer. Coffee Snob. Huge fan of the Google things. Founded Chrome Unboxed because so many of my passions collide in this space. I like that. I want to share that. I hope you enjoy it too.